
Richard Deacon
May 14, 1922 (103 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 – August 8, 1984) was an American actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows on The Dick Van Dyke Show (as milksop producer Mel Cooley) and Leave It to Beaver (as Lumpy's self-aggrandizing father Fred Rutherford). He also had minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
Known For
Credits
- 1984 · The Hoboken Chicken Emergency as City Councilman
- 1984 · Bad Manners as Ticket Salesman
- 1982 · The Awakening of Cassie as
- 1981 · No Man's Valley as Panda (voice)
- 1980 · The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as Joseph Rottman
- 1980 · Murder Can Hurt You! as Mr. Burnice
- 1980 · The Gossip Columnist as Director
- 1980 · Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty as King of Cey What
- 1979 · Trapper John, M.D. as
- 1978 · Piranha as Earl Lyon
- 1978 · Getting Married as Wedding Director
- 1978 · Rabbit Test as First Newscaster
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Dr. Yates
- 1977 · CHiPs as Mr. Singleton
- 1976 · Alice as
- 1975 · The Man from Clover Grove as Charlie Strange
- 1975 · The Lost Saucer as
- 1972 · Honeymoon Suite as
- 1971 · McMillan & Wife as
- 1971 · McMillan & Wife as Luther Dorfman
- 1971 · The Pet Set as Self
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Man with Mallet (segment "How to Cure the Common Vampire")
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Charlie
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Charles Furman
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Boyd Daniels
- 1969 · Arsenic and Old Lace as Mr. Witherspoon
- 1968 · Lady in Cement as Arnie Sherwin
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Harvey Hoople
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Loan Officer
- 1968 · Persecución hasta Valencia as Records Clerk
- 1968 · The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Charlie Wrenn
- 1968 · Blackbeard's Ghost as Dean Wheaton
- 1967 · The Mothers-in-Law as Roger Buell
- 1967 · The King's Pirate as Swaine
- 1967 · The Gnome-Mobile as Ralph Yarby
- 1967 · Enter Laughing as Pike
- 1967 · Rango as
- 1966 · The Pruitts of Southampton as Baldwin
- 1966 · Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. as Survival Manual Narrator
- 1966 · Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title as Mr. Travis / Police Chief
- 1966 · The Carol Channing Show as Leon Thatcher
- 1965 · Billie as Principal Arnold Wilson
- 1965 · That Darn Cat! as Drive-in-Manager
- 1965 · Get Smart as
- 1965 · I Dream of Jeannie as Harley Z. Poof
- 1965 · Green Acres as
- 1965 · John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Maginot
- 1965 · Dear Heart as Mr. Cruikshank
- 1964 · The Munsters as Borden T. Pike
- 1964 · The Addams Family as Mortimer Phelps
- 1964 · The Patsy as Sy Devore
- 1963 · The Raiders as Commissioner Mailer
- 1963 · Who's Minding the Store? as Tie Salesman
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Self
- 1963 · My Favorite Martian as Mr. Bentley
- 1963 · The Birds as Mitch's City Neighbor
- 1963 · Critic's Choice as Harvey Rittenhouse
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Mr. Brubaker
- 1962 · That Touch of Mink as Mr. Miller
- 1962 · About Time as The Butler
- 1961 · Lover Come Back as Dr. Melnick
- 1961 · Everything's Ducky as Dr. Deckham
- 1961 · The Dick Van Dyke Show as Mel Cooley
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as Martin
- 1961 · All in a Night's Work as Fur Salesman (uncredited)
- 1961 · Mister Ed as
- 1961 · Mister Ed as Tatti (voice) (uncredited)
- 1960 · North to Alaska as Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- 1960 · Guestward, Ho! as
- 1960 · My Three Sons as
- 1960 · Pete and Gladys as
- 1959 · A Summer Place as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
- 1959 · -30- as Chapman
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Bill Skidmore
- 1959 · Hawaiian Eye as Funeral Director
- 1959 · Bourbon Street Beat as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Wallace V. Whipple
- 1959 · The Man Who Understood Women as Rossi (uncredited)
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Cecil Ellingboe
- 1959 · Bonanza as Captain Shark
- 1959 · It Started with a Kiss as Capt. Porter
- 1959 · The Silent Kill as Michael Gilmore
- 1959 · The Young Philadelphians as George Archibald
- 1959 · The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker as Sheriff
- 1958 · The Last Hurrah as Graves (uncredited)
- 1958 · A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed as Milburn Schroeder
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Wallace Friend
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · The Ed Wynn Show as Conway
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as
- 1958 · The High Cost of Loving as Obstetrician (uncredited)
- 1957 · Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show as Shirt Salesman
- 1957 · Kiss Them for Me as Bill Hotchkiss (uncredited)
- 1957 · Decision at Sundown as Reverend Zaron
- 1957 · The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Winslow (uncredited)
- 1957 · My Man Godfrey as Farnsworth
- 1957 · Leave It to Beaver as Fred Rutherford
- 1957 · The Real McCoys as
- 1957 · The Real McCoys as Mr. Laidlaw
- 1957 · Maverick as Floyd Gimbel
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Wilmer Beaslee
- 1957 · The Thin Man as
- 1957 · The Hired Man as Harry Attwood
- 1957 · Designing Woman as Larry Musso (uncredited)
- 1957 · Date with the Angels as
- 1957 · The Spirit of St. Louis as Charles Levine - President, Columbia Aircraft Co. (uncredited)
- 1957 · Spring Reunion as Sidney (uncredited)
- 1957 · Affair in Reno as H.L. Denham
- 1957 · Annette as Uncle Archie McCleod
- 1956 · The Power and the Prize as Howard Carruthers
- 1956 · The Solid Gold Cadillac as Williams (uncredited)
- 1956 · The Proud Ones as Barber (uncredited)
- 1956 · The Kettles in the Ozarks as Big Trout
- 1956 · Hot Blood as Mr. Swift (uncredited)
- 1956 · Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Emergency Room Doctor
- 1956 · Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. Harvey Bassett (uncredited)
- 1955 · Good Morning, Miss Dove as Mr. Spivvy (uncredited)
- 1955 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Paul Erickson
- 1955 · My Sister Eileen as Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · The Great Gildersleeve as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Botkin
- 1955 · Lay That Rifle Down as Glover Speckleton
- 1955 · Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Semu
- 1955 · This Island Earth as Spacecraft Pilot
- 1955 · Blackboard Jungle as Mr. Stanley (uncredited)
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Jeweler
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Foundation Rep. Gibson
- 1955 · Prince of Players as Theatre Manager
- 1955 · The Bob Cummings Show as District Attorney
- 1954 · Cry Vengeance as Bartender at The Cameo Room
- 1954 · Désirée as Etienne Clary
- 1954 · December Bride as
- 1954 · December Bride as James, Desi Arnaz's Butler
- 1954 · Private Hell 36 as Mr. Mace (uncredited)
- 1954 · Shield for Murder as The Professor
- 1954 · Them! as Bald Reporter at L.A. News Conference
- 1954 · Public Defender as Truant Officer
- 1953 · Invaders from Mars as MP
- 1953 · The Life Of Riley as Chauffeur
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Planter O'Toole
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Dr. Thomas Gregory
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Shirt Salesman
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Sheldon
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Norton
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1948 · Ford Theatre as